X1800XT problem.

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When ive been playing games as of late, my gfx card seems to be resetting itself. The screen will go black and after say 5 seconds, the fan will start itself up again, much like when you first turn on the computer. I was wondering if anyone knows anything that could help. The temps also seem to be fine-ish, for an ATI that is (50c). The rest of my system is:

3700+(Stock)
1gb corsair XMS
460w Thermeltake PurePower.

oh ya, ive OC'd abit in the past, but that was using the optimal settings in CC, but it is now at stock.

 

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hmm never heard of this before i wwas going to say over heating untill you mentioned temps were fine soo my secod guess is a power problem. whats the rest of your spec and yoru psu is is it old or new ?

The rest is an Asus A8V-E SE Motherboard, uhm thats about it.. the whole setup, itself is around 8 months old.

 

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You all think a new PSU might be in order, as its started doing it with BF2142 now, which is getting annoying. I will give it a good clean out too, aswell as the case. Anyone have any other idea's?

 

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Maybe you could try reinstalling chipset & Ati drivers, your power supply should be fine. my card runs @ 50-53 @ stock.

Ninja

It was ok, I reformatted comp and everything worked fine for the first week, then this just started happening. I will try reinstall the drivers when I get home, hell I might aswell try the 6.12 beta's.. whats the worst that could happen lol.

 

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Oh ok and its just when playing games then, i take it that you have checked all power connections including the Gcard? + just to check that the power cable running the card isn't shared with anything else (like a dvd drive or something. does the system restart when you get a black screen?

Ninja

The system doesnt restart, no. The screen will go black and nothing will work for about 10 seconds, then the fan will spin (like it does when the comp starts up) then I will regain control of my system. I will re-check all the cables and reinstall drivers etc, when im home. Its just happened after a format and nothing was changed, hence I was abit stumped.

 

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This is a bit of a strange problem, i take it that you have reseated the card itself? i dont suppose you can test the card in another PC?

Ninja

No sorry, I dont have another computer, that I could test it on. I will update my situation once im home from work(only another 40mins to go ).
Thanks so far.

 

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/Update. Well It seems its ok now, I just cleaned out the case, moved a few cables and havent seen the dreaded black screen since... lets hope it holds up.

 

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Its started doing it again, yet this time, im starting to get some artifacts in game, even at stock settings. Anyone know the warranty on these cards?

 

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I believe it was the Connect3d one from ocuk, although I cant seem to find it on the site anymore. Ive had it for say, 4 months, i think. I'll check once im home again hehe.

 

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I guess it wont get replaced yet, as the artifacts arent bad enough, although I dont have to use my room fan on the side of the case now, to stop it overheating and crashing the comp, which I never had to do before. The case itself has an ok airflow. Just weird how all of a sudden its overheating and crashing the computer. When would be the best sign, to send it back. I do have a spare HiS X1600XT lying around. I guess that will do if its bad enough to send back now.

 

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I cant seem to find the RMA part on the Connect3d site. Should I just ask via the support email first, I guess.

 

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*Bump* Hello again. I just got an RMA number and just wondered if anyone would know how long it normally takes.. although I do have a funny thing, Its gonna get sent back to me, saying nothing is wrong lol... I love being negative.. Also does anyone know a way of giving my gfx card a good test before sending it in, to be on the safe side hehe.

 

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Could be over 7 weeks as i said above.

Ah ya, damnit..Sorry, missed that. I just run a video card stability test, Computer went nuts and video card turned itself off after halfway through lol.. I think thats good enough for me. On 2nd thoughts, if someone could run the "benchmark" option on this software and let me know if they get all the way through, it would help me..

http://freestone-group.com/video-card-stability-test.htm

 

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All the way through fine here

Thanks again, you've been a great help all the way through this thread.

 

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Hello again..

Well if any of you read this, you will see I had a few problems with my X1800XT just before xmas. I decided to leave it in its box untill after xmas hoping things would change (how wrong I was) Today, I thought I'd open it back up and see if it was having the same problems. When I used the "scan for artifacts" in ati tools.. This happened within 1min. I wonder if someone could tell me what its saying as it still says no errors.. and these were on stock settings too. Also, when it starts coming up with the delta message, my card starts making a small clicking sound.

http://img258.imageshack.us/img258/2593/stress6xu.jpg

I just like to be sure, before I send things back..

 

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Get that sent away as soon as posible mate, I can't see it getting any better.

Thanks I will do. I just wanted to make absolutely sure it was just me, as I didn't want it getting sent back saying nothing was wrong with it. With the evidence Ive provided here and the replies back.. I can safely safe, the card has had it.

 

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Man have you still not sent that card off.

The rate your going you'll get an R600 as replacement.

Well it was in the xmas time, and with all the crap I had to do, I didn't get time. Plus I wanted to let it cool down before I had another stab at it, which seems to have made it worse.. That I have never had to RMA anything back before . What about the packaging, eh?!